Re: Problem with Dropbox folders
The main reason not to scan your home folder to a high depth is that
there are file in Library and possibly in Music, Pictures and Movies
that you don't want scanned. Instead, create separate Documents and
Desktop scanners to whatever depth you like (but watch out for catalog
size anyway), and don't scan Music or Pictures if you use iTunes or
iPhoto exclusively and have the relevant plugin scanning your library.
Never scan Library.
Those of us with large Documents folders, of course, still have to
prune.
On Oct 31, 9:59 am, Rob McBroom <mailingli...@...> wrote:
> On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Leonard Cuff wrote:
>
> > I'm a novice, and new on the list, but I found I couldn't open anything
> > below the first level in my /Users/me folder. I had to add to the catalog by
> > by copying the Home folder, then set the Depth of the copied catalog item in
> > "Source Options" to the max (7).
>
> There's nothing wrong with that necessarily, but there are a couple of things that it might be helpful for a
new person to know.
>
> 1. You can reach folders and files even if they aren't indexed directly by starting from a parent folder
and going into it with → or /. If everything's indexed, you can reach it directly in theory, but in
practice everything you type brings up a lot of useless results and it might be harder to find what you want.
Everyone has their preference so you'll just have to experiment until you find the right balance between
quick access and manageable results.
> 2. The most common source of performance problems in Quicksilver is a large catalog, and the most common
cause of that is adding folders to the catalog and cranking up the depth limit.
>
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